Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/06: GE, CBS, HD/LOW, M Upgrade; ESLR, RMD, SUN Downgrade

November 6, 2009 11:00 AM EST

UPGRADES:
Oppenheimer upgraded General Electric (NYSE: GE) today from Perform to Outperform and raised their price target from $17 to $18. Sandford C. Bernstein also upgraded General Electric from Market Perform to Outperform and raised their price target from $18 to $19. Investors are reacting positively to the two upgrades of General Electric (NYSE: GE) today.

Piper Jaffray upgrades CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) from Underweight to Neutral. Price target increased from $12 to $13. Click Here for more color.

Bank of America upgraded home improvement retailers Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) two-notches from Underperform to Buy. The firm sees a price target of $29 for Home Depot, and $23 for Lowe's.

JPMorgan has upgraded shares of Macy's (NYSE: M) from Neutral to Overweight this morning, also boosting his price target from $19 to $23. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES:
Citi, Pacific Crest, and Adrour Capital cut Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ: ESLR) from Hold to Sell, Sector Outperform to Sectore Perform, and Hold to Reduce, Respectively. Citi also reduced its price target from $3 to $1.

Jefferies & Co downgrades ResMed (NYSE: RMD) from Buy to Hold. Price target increased from $50 to $53. Morgan Stanley also downgraded ResMed from Overweight to Equalweight.

Howard Weil downgrades Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) from Outperform to Market Perform.

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NEW COVERAGE:
Janney Montgomery Scott initiates coverage on Peet's Coffee and Tea (NASDAQ: PEET) with a Buy. Price target $62. Click Here for more color.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) with a Hold rating. Price target $50.

MKM Partners initiates coverage on Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ) with a Neutral.

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CBS 30.21

+0.31 +1.04%
Volume: 6,001,600
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ESLR 0.18

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 49,001
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GE 19.07

+0.19 +1.01%
Volume: 104,297,171
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HD 45.93

+0.60 +1.32%
Volume: 9,183,949
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HTZ 14.90

+0.21 +1.43%
Volume: 2,310,087
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LOW 27.39

+0.30 +1.11%
Volume: 11,777,626
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M 35.80

+0.12 +0.34%
Volume: 3,028,666
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PEET 67.70

-0.24 -0.35%
Volume: 155,156
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RMD 29.88

+0.15 +0.50%
Volume: 461,347
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SUN 39.10

-0.11 -0.28%
Volume: 2,019,002
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TMO 55.70

+0.18 +0.32%
Volume: 1,393,410
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